Safety-valve.



- F. C. BLANCHARD & E. B. CROCKER.

SAFETY VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG 20,1914.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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SAFETY VALVE.

APPLICATION, FILED AUG.20, I914.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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Patented June 15, 1915.

npplieation filed August 20,1914. 'Seria1 -No.' 8i.7,762.

To-all'ujhom it may concern Be it lmown that we, FREDERIOKWC. BLANCHARD and ERNEST B. CROOKER,'0 111- -zens'of*the United -States, and residents of -Bridgeport, inFthe-connty of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have {inventednew and useful Improvements :i-n Safety-Valves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to safety valves suchas 'are -used on steam boilers, and its principallobject is to provide distortions of the valve body'or casing, due 'to various causes are prevented from beingfltransmitted to 'the valve se'at.

. ln safety valves as heretofore'construct ed,wlthout"suchprovision, considerable difwficulty has been "experienced inbringing and keepingthe valve seatto a true'circle, which is necessary in order to insure a tight valve.

When the valve bodyis subjected to pressure and heat theexpansion of the metal in various directions distorts the valve body; other distortions result from the heavy systems' of exhaust piping, which are often connected'to and-supported by the valve body,

and which throw a "good deal of weight and strain on the valve body, especially when connected-to an exhaust passage at the side of the valve body and further anyirregularities in the joint between the and its connection to the boiler are an additional sourceofdistortion of the valve body.

.Thesebody distortions are all transmitted .-to an appreciable extent to the valve seat.

andtend; to throw the seat out *of true to a greater or less-extent.

The chief object of the present invention 'is to 'preventfsuch distortions from affecting the valve seat, and to this end we interpose between the valve body and the valve seat, an element adapted to-absorb or dissipate such distortions and prevent their reaching 'andfdistorting the valve seat.

- A further objectpf the invention is to facilitate repair of the valve by making a removable seat bushing 'of novel construe tion, which 'enables a-man-to repair or grind the valve-seat without removing the valve body or disconnectingthe exhaust piping, and withoutattemp'ting to dothe work on the boiler, which makes it necessary often to work 'in a very cramped, inaccessible and ho't situation.

These and other features will hereinafter means whereby valve bodyand-b",

be more fully described pointed out in -'the claims le the invention. possesses marked advantages --1n-single valves, it possesses even and particularly greater --advantages-=in duplex and triplex valves 'for-thereason that the body distortlons, and also the diflicultiesof repair, are greater in multiplex valves than in single valves. We will therefore illustrate the invention'asapp'lied .both toa single valve and to a I triplex valve.

-In the accompanying drawings,Figure lisa vertical sectipn of a single safety valve embodyingthe-invention Fig. 2 is a vertical section of atripleX-safety valve embodying the-invention; and Fig. 3 is a bottom end lower end b to fit a correspondingly screw threaded'area in-the body casting A.

- The seat bushing B is materially elongated and is formed, between the valve seat band the point of connection it to the valve casing, with more than ones relatively weak and yielding section, and one or more rein forced and relatively stifi and unyielding sections. Such thin, yielding sections are formed-by the circumferential grooves b 6 separated by the alternately disposed stiff sections consisting of the circumferential reinforcing belts b? and b Distortions in the body casting A, which are transmitted to the seat bushing B at -*their point -of union 6', are to a certain extent absorbed and dissipated by the weaker yielding section 12 Such'distortions as pass section b and reach. stiff section b are whollyor partly resisted and nullified by said reinforced section b If, however, the distortions affect and pass section 6 they are further absorbed by the weak or yieldingsection b and so on through the alternateyielding and stilf sections until all dis *tortions have been absorbed and dissipated before reaching the valve seat.

In the valve shown in Fig. 1 there are three yielding sections and 'two stiff sections; it isto be understood however that the exact thread cutting is of highquality,

' yielding number of such alternate weak and stiff sections is not essential, but may be varied according to the requirements of any given structure.

In Fig. 2 showing a triplex safety valve the'seat' bushing B is provided with two sections, 1) and b", separated by a single reinforced section b There are three similar seat bushings B screwed into the triplex valve body A. Thus each valve seat is independently protected-against the distortions of the valve body, which are exceedingly irregular and complex in a multiplex valve.

As the valve proper V, its stem and op-' steam off a boiler and to bring-it up again,

and as the valves are often in a cramped and hot situation, it is very diflicult to repair one of these valves in place on a boiler, and in addition to the diflicultie's of environment it requires special tools and expert skill and knowledge of the work.

Furthermore, the combination of the dis-' tortion absorbing and dissipating features with the removable seat bushing, is highly important, because without such distortion absorbing features in the removable seat bushing itself it would be wellnigh impossible to grind a feather and seat togetheron the bench and'then-screw the bushing into the valve base and have the seat come tight Ina plain 'seat' bushing without means to prevent distortions from affecting the seat, the slight irregularities and imperfections in the thread, even when the are sufficient to' throw the seat out of true when the seat bushing is screwed into the valve body hard and tight enough to insure a permanent and tight joint. larities require the seat to be reground, and often machined and reground after it has been put in place, in order to avoid leakage. To perform such repairs to the *best advantage it is essential, that all the on .the bench ready to as grinding be done semble,.and that the parts make tight fit when they are put in place without requir-- ing further work .on them. This cannot be accomplished without the use of our v combined distortion absorbing and removable features. Hence the. advantage of making the valve seat bushing not only I removable but offproviding it with sec- Such irregutions adapted to prevent distortions from being transmitted to the seat itself, when the bushing is screwed into the valve body. At the lower end of said bushing operating lugs D, cast integral with the bushing,

are provided, and by applying an approw priate wrench to-these lugs the bushing may be screwed down tight into the valve body,

The bushing.

or unscrewed for removal. is 'prevented from backing out by a looking screw E, which extends through a hole in the valve body and into a socket e in the bushing (Fig. 2).

We claim:

I 1. In a safety pop valve, a valvebody,a valve seat and a valve seat bushing between said seat and said body carrying the valve seat at one end, said valve seat bushing being unyielding to valve spring pressure and having relatively yielding and unyielding or reinforced sections adapted to prevent distortions of the valve body from being transmitted to 'the valve seat.

2. In a safety pop valve, a valve body, a valve seat, and a'tubular connection carrying the valve seat at one end and connected to the valve body at the other end, said tubular connection being unyielding to valve spring pressure and comprising relatively yielding and unyielding or reinforced sections adapted to prevent distortions of the valve body from being transmitted to the valve seat. 1

3. In a safety pop valve, avalve body,

a valve seat, and a valve seat bushing between said seat and said body carrying the valve seat at one end, said valve seat bushing being unyielding to valve spring pressure and having a relatively unyielding or reinforced section and relatively yielding sections on each side thereof, said sections adapted to prevent distortions of the valve body from being transmitted to the valve seat.

4. In a safety pop valve, a valve body,

a valve seat and a valve seat bushing be.- tween said seat and said body carrying the valve seat at one end, said valve seat bushing being interiorly cylindrical and having circumferential sections of relativelygreater and smaller cross sectional area, said sec.- tions adapted to prevent distortions of the valve body from being transmitted to the valve seat.

Signed by us at Bridgeport, Connecticut, this eleventh day of August 1914.

FREDERICK c; BLANGHABD. ERNEST B. GROCKER.

Witnesses:

EUGENE M. MooRE, J OSEPH H. LEDERER. 

